Buckle



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- BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1921.

Patented Oct. 3, 1922.

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Federated Get. 3, 1922.;

DAVID LINDSAY, 31%, 015 WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

BUCKLE.

Application filed September 12, 1921.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, DAVID LINDSAY, Jr., acitizen of the United States, residing at Wilmington, in the county ofNew Castle, State of Delaware, have invented a new and useful Buckle, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvement in buckles, especially useful inconnection with belts for mens wear.

The object is to provide improved means for securing the buckle to thegarment about which it is worn, in order to prevent the buckle fromriding above the top margin of the garment.

The invention is especially applicable, but not necessarily confined, tothat form of buckle, in which the usual horizontal tongue has beendispensed with, and a clamping device has been substituted for securingthe free end of the belt. 1

Referring to the drawings which illustrate, merely by way of example,suitable means for effecting my invention Fig. l is a front elevation,showing a buckle containing my improvement in operative position.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the buckle.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. at is a top plan view.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In connection with the old and well known form of buckle, having ahinged or swivelling tongue for engaging, in a selected hole of aseries, the free end of the belt, it was not unusual to provide upon thetrousers, a short loop adapted to engage the said horizontal tongue ofthe buckle to prevent the buckle from riding above the top margin of thetrousers.

Upon the coming into use of the modern buckle having the clamping meansfor engaging the free end of the belt in any posit1on of adjustment,without the need oil holes in said free end, this horizontally disposedtongue has been dispensed with and in this way the means for engagingthe fab- Serial No. 199,984.

ric loop on the trousers was eliminated, and much inconvenience has beenexperienced by the absence of the horizontal tongue for this purpose.

By the present invention I provide a short vertical hook or projectionextending upwardly from about a middle point on the lower inner frame ofthe buckle. This hook or projection is adapted to engage with the loopon the trousers, and effectively prevent the buckle from riding abovethe top margin of the trousers.

In the drawings 1 have shown the main body portion 8, of the buckleprovided with turned in flanges 9 and 10, and the loop 11 pivoted at 12.This loop portion 11 has integral therewith the clamping extension 13,adapted to clamp the free end of belt 17. The hook or projection 14extends upwardly from the lower flange 10 and is adapted to engage theloop 15 on garment 16.

This hook provides certain advantages over the old method and means forsecur ing the desired end, in that it may be applied to any form ofbuckle whether using the old horizontal tongue or not. It is much easierto engage and disengage from the loop, and does not require thedisengagement of the free end of the belt from the buckle in order toengage or disengage the loop 15 as in the old form of tongue buckle.

The usual formation of the frame of the modern clamp buckle ortongueless buckle lends itself to this hook formation, in that the lowerinwardly and upwardly bent flange portion 10 of the frame need only beprojected a short distance at the desired point to provide all the hookthat is necessary to effect the end in view.

What I claim is A buckle, comprising a main body having flanges alongits opposite horizontal edges bent inwardly into a plane substantiallyparallel with the main body, and a vertically extending hook memberconnected to the lower-flange and having its free end terminating inclose proximity to the upper flange,

DAVID LINDSAY, JR.

